May 11 is the 15-year anniversary of IBM's chess-playing supercomputer Deep Blue's victory over world chess champion Gary Kasparov ... Deep Blue lost the first set of matches against Kasparov in February 1996. IBM Research scientist Dr. Murray Campbell, one of the original developers, talks about the challenges and breakthroughs of building Deep Blue. 3:25
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Jason Gartner, IBM VP of PureApplication System, talks about the top 3 issues facing CIOs today, as they buckle under the strain of an IT budget that's 70% committed to simply keeping the lights on. Hear how Jason describes the most salient value that the PureApplication System brings to the table, in addition to the obvious cost savings. 10:03
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What worries Bob Sutor, IBM VP of WebSphere Foundation and IBM Mobile? Bubbles. Irrational exuberance around hot technologies that fade quickly. This is no bubble. Here's why:
It's driven by the desire to replicate the ease and mobility of using personal devices such as iPhones, Android devices, and tablets Mobile technology offers the ability to both extend existing applications and develop new apps that transform how people do business Similar to how the laptop melted the boundaries between home and workplace, mobile continues the... [More]

Tom Young, developerWorks editor for the new mobile
content area , joins me to talk the big thrust of this topic are:
Worklight Mobile Platform , free 30-day trial
with links to peer support community
Coming in June, a free developer edition of Worklight with no
expiration Articles, demos, tutorials, and how-to content around how to
use Worklight Information on mobile, open source technologies that allow
developers to get involved with technologies that extend beyond
the boundaries of their own companies 7:23
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Todd Watson and I highlight the top impressions from the
conference:
Steve Mills paints the picture of exploding demand
around transaction processing Walter Isaacson draws a link
between Steve Jobs and Ben Franklin, who share the
characteristics of an innovator Mobile computing fundamentally reshapes the way we
interact with technology, how we work, and how we play PureSystems liberates IT professionals to focus on innovation,
rather than managing servers Job security for mobile developers: mobile is white hot! 6:05
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